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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
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10:46 am - I know!
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I'm miserable at posting. I'm terrible person. And I have dark circles under my eyes.
In my defense, it's been a tough week. My cat passed on; I embarrassed myself by sobbing in front of my grandfather, half the women of the church and some people in a Wal-mart parking lot; and I had a very long conference in Toledo yesterday that has left me sleep deprived.
Also, during the conference one of the presenters played this for us. Listen to it with the sound up. It's not something I should be listening to in public, if you know what I mean. Especially in a room full of conservative librarians.
On the upside, I went to the Christina Aquilera/ Pussycat Dolls/ Danity Kane show last night and I realized one of my problems: I don't wear tap pants in public nearly enough.
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| Monday, March 12th, 2007
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11:35 pm - I've resorted to stealing.
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My unspoken New Year's resolution was to update this thing more often. But perhaps in failure I've learned something about myself. If I'm going to write the Great American Novel (That Sells), it probably shouldn't be about myself. I'm not that interesting. So I've stolen this dealy from Steph, a fellow knitter and swell person.
1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? I will knit with almost any fiber, texture or weight and like it. I don't like ugly colors (this means you, raspberry!) and I don't like Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair, which felt like stuff I pickout of my shower drain.
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? A tall Christmas mug. It's filling up fast and it tips over more and more frequently. I need to sew one of the dealies from Stitch 'N' Bitch.
3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced? I taught myself out of an old book of my mother's about 11 or 12 years ago. I had three skeins of acrylic yarn (white, green and pink), one pair of size 8 needles and one book with three patterns from the 60s (hat, shell, cardigan). It never occured to me that there would be a variety of yarn, needles and patterns until Harry Potter fans around me starting making their own scarves and I did some googling. It was a rebirth and since then I have to progressed to somewhere between intermediate and advanced. I'm not quite fast enough to be advanced, but I'm fearless and I trust the internet to help me figure out a complicated pattern.
4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? No. Mostly I look at books on Amazon. And I work at a library so we order all the books I want. I would, however, like a Peekaboo kit.
5. What's your favorite scent? I like lavendar when I'm falling asleep, red wine in the fall, coconut when I want to think of sunshine and boy (all the time).
6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy? I have a huge sweet tooth. But not for candy. For pastries, mostly. I do crave chocolate, but I like it bitter instead of sweet.
7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? I live with two women and three cats. We scrapbook, bead, cross stitch, sew, decorate, garden, paint, wrap gifts, plan parties, mow lawns, fix our own damn sinks and arrange artful sculptures from tampons and old paper towel rolls.
8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? I like Celtic music and bluegrass (music I can bounce up and down to) and I like hip hop and pop (music I can shake my ass to). And I love musicals, which I sing along with during car trips. Can't everyone's computer play mp3s?
9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand? I like deep blue. Royal, or maybe cerulean. I don't like teal or raspberry, which are favored colors here in Estrogen Manor (pity me) and I hate, hate, HATE yellow.
10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets? Mother, sister and 3 cats in house. And a network of thousands out of the house. Makes dating extr-y adventurous.
11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos? I do not wear mittens. I have gloves and mitts. Fingers must be free.
12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit? Items that do not need to be done by tomorrow.
13. What are you knitting right now? "Ivy" from knitty.com, in a much heavier red yarn. It will be my 'we can't get the furnace to work' sweater. Also, a cloudy blue scarf in fuzzy garter stitch. It's my scary movie knitting.
14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts? I would like to receive handmade afghan squares from all my friends in varying shades of brown/tan. Then I would join them in evergreen and have a beautiful throw.
15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Eh. I prefer casting on on straight and knitting on circular. Depending on the project.
16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift? No. I'm very deprived.
17. How old is your oldest UFO? Finished is a relative term. Is it finished because there was casting off or is it unfinished because I intend to rip it back and adjust it? Let's say a few years.
18. What is your favorite holiday? I suppose it's Christmas. Halloween is nice and all, but the music is crap.
19. Is there anything that you collect? Cat hair, apparently.
20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? Romantic Style: Knits And Crochet to Wear or Display. There's a coat in there I need before I die.
21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn? I should take some time and learn the jogless jog for my circular projects.
22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements? I love knitting socks. They're small and I can take them to concerts. My ankle is about 9" around and my foot is about 9.5" long
23. When is your birthday? bleh
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| Monday, February 19th, 2007
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8:34 pm
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Bleh. So I was sick most of last week. This weekend I finally felt all better, but today I feel a little crappy again. Did I catch something new from people I was around this weekend? Did less than 15 hours of sleep a day weaken my immune system to the same thing I just got over? Does this condition maybe have a Latin name and a government foundation? Actually, no. Even a taxpayer funded grant wouldn't make me happy with another week of sneezing and fever. Boo.
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| Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
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9:03 pm - A brush with the law...
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Today I was pulled over. Apparently, I was a threat to public safety because I drove down Elm St and it's supposed to be closed.
I get that the police officer was told to stop people who drive that way. He's doing his job. Fine.
I get that a railway overpass will be helpful at some time in the future when ambulances need to get from one side of town to the other while there are trains.
I don't get why it takes 17 months to build said overpass.
I don't get why the road needs to be closed the whole time when they aren't working on the road. They're working on the bridge. The road is fine right now.
I don't get why someone thought it would be okay to close one of the only two roads that connect both sides of the town for longer than a year.
I don't get why someone okayed the building of a new drug store at the busiest intersection on the other road, Main St, right when this one closed.
And I don't get why we don't have a traffic light at said busy intersection. If we're worthy enough for the overpass, shouldn't we be worthy of a traffic light?
I'm not even going to go into the construction on Main St, stopped trains or the time ODOT put up signs everywhere saying Main St was closing the next week and then only closed it for about 45 minutes on that Tuesday.
I guess I'm just disappointed. I want to believe that humans are smarter. But I'm just not getting a lot of confirmation.
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| Monday, February 5th, 2007
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10:50 am
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Doesn't it make sense that windshield washer fluid should work even when it's cold out? The cold is what causes the snow and gunk to be there to be thrown up on the windshield. We never have to clean the thing in the summer. So shouldn't the fluid have some good antifreeze in there? Isn't that why I'm buying it instead of filling the tank up with tap water? But no...
And shouldn't I be able to get the damn mail without falling down and losing half of it and getting caught in my front door? Isn't this something that I've been practicing for a long time now that should be feasible even with a little wind, ice and numbness?
Also, shouldn't I be able to fall asleep without curling into the fetal position and inserting a heating pad up the back of my shirt? Haven't millions of people managed to sleep during the winter for millions of years without resorting to electrical equipment and whiskey?
So, in summary, I can't remember what it's like to be warm and happy and I fear I never will. Every little thing I try to do lately produces miserable and complete failure. I don't know if it's because my hands or cold or because my soul is cold, but it sucks and I don't like it.
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| Monday, January 29th, 2007
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9:39 am
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This is my new favorite web site. Sadly, only partly because the guys get their horrible secrets broadcast to the world. But also because the women usually make themselves look pretty stupid while the whole story is told.
This is my other new favorite web site. I think I can make one of these for my room. And they have super cheap cross country skis in the clearance page that I may need.
Someday I'll grow up, but apparently not today.
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| Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
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3:21 pm - Tragedy Strikes!
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There it is. The sweater I've been working on since Christmas. It's been so wonderful that I haven't had any other project on needles, which is usually unheard of for me.
But that's all changed. See that needle in the middle? That's where I started doubling the number of decreases I actually needed. Everything above that needle has to be torn out.
Mom won't do it. Ali won't do it. I'm not sure I even can do it. Maybe Emily at church will do it. And she'll pray for me at the same time.
Meanwhile, I've decided to cast on for these using the shiny new yarn Bug got me for Christmas. It's wool and it will keep my hands warm as I reknit my poor sweater.
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| Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
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12:11 am - Welcome home
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The weekend in Knoxville was lovely. Sunny and 70 degrees each day. I ate a lot of red meat and spent a fair bit of time walking around Cades Cove, which is smaller than I remember it. After discussing things with my dad, I realized that every time I have been in that area (Gatlinburg, TN) I have had one of those old timey photos taken. Two when I was a wee lass, with my even wee-er sister, and two during high school trips which were a bit spicer (the trips and the photos.) In the interest of full disclosure I'll post those here:
This was taken in Dec. of 1996. That's right, I was ten years younger here. Do I look any different? My apologies to Laura and whoever those other people are.
This one's even more fun, because I remember everyone in it. This was May of '98 on the band trip. One of the chaperones would later get ahold of it and make an inappropriate comment. Fun fact: he's now sort of my boss and he was also Nicole's for a bit.
My mission then for last weekend was to get another one taken with dad and I in brown coats and him in the hat I made him for Christmas. Sadly, I failed. Thankfully, we do have a picture of him in the hat. I thought I'd whip up a sepiafest in Photoshop, but you really needed certain colors and I'm too tired to do it really well.
I suppose we'll have to work on it later. Or just get a real picture taken. Gorramn it.
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| Thursday, January 11th, 2007
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11:22 pm - Sigh
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I really thought that by now I'd have taken some pictures of the juicy sweater I'm working on and posted them. Sadly, I'm never near it and the camera at the same time. *sigh*
In other news, I'm headed for Knoxville this weekend. Also, I'm applying to Kent's distance learning MLIS program, getting shuffled to tech services at the library (so I will now be the substitute for everyone except the treasurer and the electrician) and going to my first council meeting at the church. Which reminds me, I forgot to do all sorts of crap I promised myself I'd do this week. Wish me luck.
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| Sunday, January 7th, 2007
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2:39 pm - Ha ha!
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Today I received my first citation question at the reference desk! Finally, my dork skills serve me well!
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12:18 pm
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Today I do not feel well. I'm not sleeping great lately. I keep having that scary dream where my dad dies. And I'm not doing well with keeping a settled stomach. Perhaps it's a bug. Perhaps it's just me internalizing winter stress. But I think it's most likely that it's a deadly stomach cancer and I should get to Make A Wish.
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| Thursday, January 4th, 2007
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6:26 pm - Walkabout
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Today I went to visit local libraries with three of my fellow librarians. It was pretty hot. We visited North Olmsted (roomy, but terrible sightlines), Strongsville (good, v. fun children's area) and Buckeye (holy crap, that sucked). I got to see lots of knitting books and magazines that we didn't have time for me to check out. Not that there would be a good time to return them anyway.
At some point I cut my finger and it stings. I don't know when it happened. I just hope I didn't leave blood in some storytime area. You know, 'cause of my three AIDS.
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| Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
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1:14 pm - New in '07
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| Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
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4:30 pm - (*) New Year
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Feel free to replace (*) with a swear word of your choice.
I'm a lady, so mine is 'frickin'.
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| Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
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10:47 pm - Projects
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| Saturday, August 19th, 2006
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4:58 pm - Triumph!
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I know that after a year's absence, I should have a good reason to start this up again.
Well, here it is: I finally waxed my eyebrows.
I've been meaning to for a looong time. I'm very proud of myself.
Woo!
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| Friday, October 21st, 2005
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9:35 pm
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I could actually update you on my life, but I don't want to talk about it.
What is your name?
1.YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (name of pet + street you live on)
Snoopy Fifth
2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandmother's/father's first name + favorite snack):
Eudora Water Chesnut
3. YOUR FASHION DESIGNER NAME: (first word you see on your left and your favorite resturant):
Care Indian Oven
4. YOUR SOCIALITE NAME: (silliest childhood nickname + first town where you partied):
Nipper Strongsville
5. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial + first three letters of your last name):
J Wil (actually what they call me at work)
6. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite animal + name of high school mascot)
Kitten Middie
7. YOUR BARFLY NAME: (last snack food you ate + your favorite drink):
Cookie Black Velvet
8. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name + street you first lived on)
Brynn South
9. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (favorite candy + favorite musicians last name):
Take 5 Murphy
10. YOUR OPPOSITE SEX NAME: (name of [opposite sex] friend + cell phone company you use):
Joe Cingular
11. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: ( first 3 letters of your last name+ last 3 letters of mothers middle name + first 3 letters of your pets name + first 3 letters of the town you live in):
Wilynnsnocol
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| Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
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5:55 pm - Bleh
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I think I might be getting sick. I'm not thrilled about it, but hey- it could be a day off work.
Happy Birthday to Bryan and Lisa. Who started celebrating birthdays? Doesn't it seem odd when you really think about? We're celebrating people's ability to not die. Or are we just celebrating the person and happen to do it on the anniversary of their birth? Shouldn't you be able to pick any day as your Me Celebration?
Serenity is my new favorite movie. I saw it twice this weekend. "This is the captain. We have a...little problem with our entry sequence, so we might experience some slight turbulence...and then...explode."
On the way home from the theater Friday night, I saw the strangest thing. I was driving into the city when a large group of what can only be described as pirate hookers flooded across the street. There must of been at least 30 of them. Mostly women. Dressed in eye patches, fishnets, mini-peasant skirts and the like. Wandering through the town at 11 p.m. I still can't figure it out. If you have any ideas, let me know.
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| Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
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5:48 pm - Terror!
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I'm in the shower, happily soaping myself, when the doorbell rings. Now, I had ordered a few things from Prairie Home Companion so I knew it had to be the apartment manager. Our mailboxes are too small for packages so the mailman gives them to the manager, who brings them up to our apartments and if we aren't home, leaves them inside the door. In theory, if we are at home, we just open the door and take them. However, being in the shower, I didn't come to the door. So he opened the deadbolt, and I'm in the shower listening to this and praying that he doesn't have some way to undo the chain. I'm also very aware that the bathroom door is wide open, I haven't done dishes in weeks and the sink is right next to the door and my bedroom is strewn with undergarments and other items of a personal nature. I leap out of the shower and into my bathrobe and ask the gentleman to leave the package outside the door. Crisis averted. However, when he tried to open the door with the chain still on, it yanked the molding of the door frame away from the wall. I pressed it back in and I don't think it looks too bad, but it's not comforting to know that the chain is in so flimsy a place.
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| Thursday, September 8th, 2005
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7:27 pm - Happiness is...
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